het هات
Tunisian Derja · verb
“het” (هات) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning give, hand me.
Meanings
- give, hand me
- come on, let me / let's (+ verb)
Usage
Het is an imperative without a full conjugation. The plural is hatou. The first use is "give me, hand me": het el mle7, "pass me the salt". Placed before an imperfect verb, it expresses a suggestion or encouragement. Het n3awnek means "let me help you", and het nemchiw "let's go". In het jey, "come here", it keeps a sense of approaching. The word is very informal and constantly used in speech. It has no exact English equivalent: depending on context, it is rendered as "give", "come on" or "let me".
Example
هات الملح عيشك
het el mle7 3aychek
“Pass me the salt, please.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “het” but also “hat”, “hett”, “hatou” and “hetou”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “het” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “give me, hand over”; “bring”: hat in Algerian.